Once Sultan Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah asked
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia to come to him on the last day of every month.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia responded: "It is against the tradition of my
sheikhs. I will never go to meet the king." His friends advised him to
turn for help to his Sheikh Baba Farid, so that the problem would be solved.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia refused to do so, saying: "The tasks of religion
alone are many. I feel ashamed to give pain to the Sheikh for a worldly
affair." He then said: "The king will not be victorious over me for I
have had a certain dream. I saw that an animal with horns was attacking
me. Upon it coming closer, I took hold of its horns and threw the animal
on the earth in such a way that it was killed." That day, after the noon
prayers, he declined to visit the king. When two hours of the day remained,
he was asked again to visit the king. He gave no reply. But it so happened
that upon that very night, the king was murdered by a certain Khusru Khan.
(9)

Another Sultan by the name of Ghiyasuddin
Tughlaq, wanted Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia to leave Ghiyaspur before the
Sultan's visit to Delhi. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, was saddened by this
and remarked: "Delhi is still far away." Then just before the arrival
of the king in Delhi, the palace of Tughlaqabad fell upon him and he was
killed. (10)

Sultan Alauddin had the fear in his heart
that Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia wished to rule the kingdom himself and that
he was only waiting for the proper time and chance to overthrow him. As
a test, he sent some complicated matters related to state affairs to Hazrat
Nizamuddin Aulia and asked for its solution. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia reacted
thus: "What have the dervishes, seated on rugs, to do with the affairs
of kings seated on thrones? It is better that the time of the dervish
is not wasted and conscience of the faqura is not put to test." When the
king respectfully invited Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia to visit him, the latter
answered thus: "The affections of a dervish should be seen as a bird to
which distress is caused by the hawk of kingly shows. It is better and
enough to keep acquaintance through greetings."

Khwaja Hasan, who had lived in the company
of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia when he was much younger, along with all his
friends, was involved in the drinking of wine. One day, near the mausoleum
of Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Khaki, they met again. Khwaja Hasan then
recited this verse:

"For years we have been in each
others' company,But your company did me no good.Your piety could not correct my sinful life.My sinful life is therefore stronger than your piety."

After hearing this verse, Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia simply said: "There are different effects of company on different
men." At once, Khwaja Hasan fell down at the feet of Hazrat Nizamuddin and
along with his friends became mureed (spiritual disciples) of Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia.

Hazrat Sheikh Naseeruddin of Oudh related
that he used to receive worldly knowledge from Qazi Muhiddin Kashani.
He suddenly became ill and no hope of life remained. Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia visited Sheikh Naseeruddin when he was unconscious. Then Hazrat
Nizamuddin Aulia rubbed his hand over his face. Immediately Sheikh Naseeruddin
regained consciousness and put his head on the feet of Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia.

One day a mureed of Hazrat
Nizamuddin Aulia prepared a feast for his Sheikh. Qawwals were also called
and food was prepared. But when the same (music) started, thousands of
people joined in. The host became worried because of the shortage of food.
Feeling this, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia said to his khadim (servant): "Wash
the hands of the people and let ten people sit at one place. Start giving
the food after saying 'Bismillah' (In the Name of Allah, the most Beneficent,
the most Merciful)." It so happened that everyone had enough food and
there was a great deal of food left over. (11)

It is narrated that a certain Shamsuddin
was a very rich man and had no faith in the spirituality of Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia. Instead he used to speak ill of him in his absence. One day, he
was drinking wine with his friends and suddenly he saw Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia appear in front of him, who made a prohibiting sign with his finger.
Shamsuddin then threw the wine in the water and started towards the house
of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia after performing the ritual ablutions. Seeing
him, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia said: "Whoever is blessed by Allah, he abstains
from sins like this." Hearing this, Shamsuddin became very astonished
and with complete faith became his mureed. He distributed all his money
to the dervishes and in a short time became a Wali (saint) himself.